While we stress over preparing for finals, there are much larger issues not only America, but around the world. This article gives you a little look into some extremely important things that you may not even be aware of.

***WARNING: This article does contain some real life images that may be disturbing to readers.***

1. Each year there are 2.5 million homeless children in America

2. Racism is alive and well in America and around the world

3. 783 million people in the world don't have access to clean water

4. Donald Trump is our President-elect

5. 5,748 cases of sex trafficking have been reported this year in America

6. The polar icecaps are melting

7. There have been 13,891 deaths from gun violence this year in America

8. Boys still send "Without me?" texts

9. In America in 2015, 41.3 million people were living in poverty

10. Women are still getting paid less than men

11. 27 million people die everyday in America due to drunk driving accidents

12. 2.5 billion people in the world do not have access to adequate sanitation

13. Mike Pence is our VP-elect

14. Around the world, 250,000 children die every week from disease and malnutrition

15.The Great Barrier Reef is dying